The Green Doctors, Ukraine participated as a member of the NGO delegation to the 5th Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe", Kyiv, Ukraine, 21-23 May 2003. During the conference, they launched two brochures "Chemical Safety and Health" and "Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Health" in Russian. The second brochure is part of their project in support for the Framework Convention Process under the WHO "Channelling the Outrage" campaign.
In conjunction with ECO-Forum, the Green Doctors Ukraine is also developing a NGO Workshop for the Budapest Environment and Health Ministerial Conference (June, 2004) focusing on "Mainstreaming Health and Environment for Education on Sustainable Development". "The need for on-going education of the public on the links between environmental risks and health is even more pronounced as it would contribute significantly to increasing public awareness and facilitating prevention of environment related diseases," says Lew Gerbilisky, a representative of Green Doctors, Ukraine.
